The temperature on October 30, 1912 was between 7.0 °C and 13.8 °C and averaged 10.4 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain. There was 1.2 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
September 28 » The Ulster Covenant is signed by some 500,000 Ulster Protestant Unionists in opposition to the Third Irish Home Rule Bill.
October 7 » The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
October 11 » First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
December 6 » The Nefertiti Bust is discovered.
December 16 » First Balkan War: The Royal Hellenic Navy defeats the Ottoman Navy at the Battle of Elli.
December 28 » The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.
Day of marriage May 7, 1946
The temperature on May 7, 1946 was between 7.7 °C and 21.4 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 12.9 hours of sunshine (85%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
January 10 » The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
February 12 » World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
July 1 » Crossroads Able is the first postwar nuclear weapon test.
August 1 » Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.
August 4 » An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
September 20 » Six days after a referendum, King Christian X of Denmark annuls the declaration of independence of the Faroe Islands.
Day of death December 29, 1961
The temperature on December 29, 1961 was between -2.7 °C and 6.0 °C and averaged 2.5 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
March 24 » Quebec Board of the French Language is established.
April 8 » A large explosion on board the MVDara in the Persian Gulf kills 238.
May 21 » American civil rights movement: Alabama Governor John Malcolm Patterson declares martial law in an attempt to restore order after race riots break out.
September 16 » Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission with Abdus Salam as its head.
September 28 » A military coup in Damascus effectively ends the United Arab Republic, the union between Egypt and Syria.
December 31 » RTÉ, Ireland's state broadcaster, launches its first national television service.
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